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Revision Wipes Outs "Surprising" December Philly Fed Surge
On December 20, when we posted on the miraculous surge in the Philly Fed, offsetting the far weaker NY Fed data, we were left scratching our heads as the upwardly inflecting data made little sense in the context of broader data. To wit: "Three days ago the New York Fed released the December print Empire State index which showed a broad contraction across all key verticals. Today, in fine "keeping them baffled with bullshit" form, the Philly Fed swing precisely the other way, and despite expectations for a second consecutive negative print of -3 to be precise, up from -10.7 last month, the General Business Activity indicator printed at 8.1, the highest print since April, with New Orders at 10.7, the highest since February, and Employment at 3.6, the highest since April. Naturally, the algos pretending to trade on news, took this news and ran futures higher..."
We also added, rather providently, "Needless to say, all economic data in the US at this point is completely meaningless, with regional distortions, seasonal adjustments, political pressures and overall central planning making a mockery of the US economic data apparatus."
Today, 20 days after the data release, we get the explanation for this very surprising jump, which naturally put the algos in a buying tizzy and sent the market higher by 1% (before it flash crashed late in the night) on the date of its release, as well as the latest validation of our skepticism, courtesy of the Philly Fed annual data revision. To wit: "Overall, the data revisions adjust the current year-end indexes moderately downward. There were more pronounced downward adjustments of the six-month expectations indexes over the last two months of 2012." And of course, it is the last data point - December - that matters most. So how does December looks like pre and post-revision? Well, it is self-explanatory: look at the chart and decide for yourselves - blue is original, red is revised.
This is the kind of "credible" data that drives headline scanning algos.
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Who wudda guessed?
It’s a good thing it turns out there’s a lot more inventory laying around..
might need it in an emergency
If the algos just got it over with and priced in ultimate nirvana, that is Jesus himself coming down to bail us out, they could rally the markets 1000% today and tomorrow we might have a real market that reflects the real economy whether good or bad.
It only means that YoY will look great until the next revision.
Statistical Ponzi.
It's virtually impossible to program a machine to discern truth from lies. As long as the primary driving force in the market relies on input from co-opted news and government agencies the markets will go where they are scripted. Until they break.
Fed Data: just as manipulated as Fed fiat.
Same old story.
Same old song and dance.
The fraud and deception never stop.
http://www.angrysinner.blogspot.kr/2013/01/yesterday-dragon-lady-served-beef-and_10.html
There has been absolutely ZERO reason to even read these bullshit reports for years now (with the possible exception of a good laugh).
Up is down, black is white, dogs and cats ... living together.
I'd put more faith in a meth addict trying to read tea leaves or chicken gizzards at this point than I would any establishment data.
You should see what they can do with a squirell
"shocker", Damn my lying eyes. Going to be an interesting set of bond auctions moving forward. and BOOM go the equities priced in paper promises.
I completely agree with you in "real" terms. Unfortunately, this shit is priced in "nominal" terms.
NO!!!!! Really? They fudge numbers and revise them lower because, I don't know, THEY FUCKIN' LIE!?!??!?!?
winning!
There goes the dollar. Turns out Jim Sinclair was the only man correct on the Euro.
James Rickards called the Euro right too.
I'm sensing a trend here.
<Data manipulation bitches.>
The funny part is that the revisions are total bullshit too. I think a few folks miss that still.
Initial "good" data: excuse to pump the market.
Revised "bad" data: excuse to keep the spigot on.
I am constantly amused how we all claim the data is false, and then sit mesmerized by the (bad) data, even citing it to support our own pet thesis. I am not immune to this myself.
The key for the manipulators is to keep us distracted and chasing ghosts...any way they can.
Hey! Inventories was revised up! Nice. #winning
It will all improve with the massive guns sales.
JUST SHORTED MORE
QQQ at $67.75 in case spx 1468 TODAY was the double TOP...last week also spx high = 1468......spx now @ 1463...got plenty of ammo if they pump it to 1500. strategy = short slowly, enjoy life = don't watch casino for more than 10 minutes/day.
NO i'm not a stupid "technician"...maybe only 3% technician, 50% fundamental, and the rest gut feeling.
so you're 97% asshole and 100% bull shitter
Your numbers see manipulated. Would you like to revise the?
Lets face it.. Government figures are simply no longer credible. They're all for political spin. The USA has become the USSA and everyone is being treated as muppets.
Shit Tyler, you guys had the chart upside down last time! Maybe not, try turning it sideways, no, turn back to the left 180, whats that look like?
Over, under, sideways, down, backwards, forwards, square and round, the graph still yields the same message: (b.s./QE3)>AMZN's p/e
Well, here is the push we needed to fill the gap lower. Now, every foaming-at-the-mouth PM is getting ready to BUY THE DIP.
Hens teeth are more common that gobmuddlement data that is later revised in positive way
Philly Cheesesteak sales through the roof.
Yeah, man. Gonna have a few this weekend between the Flyers game (afternoon) and the Soundgarden concert (evening)!
Hockey Cliff.... off!
My first year with Flyers season tickets and wouldn't you know.
Enjoy in PHL. It's all going up, with the curve shaped like a hockey stick.
"This is the kind of "credible" data that drives headline scanning algos."
If the "algos" are worth anything, you should have a net of near 0 in market preformance due to this component over the time period of the initial release and the revision. Or am I just plain being stoopid?
Anyway nobody cares about data revisions, the average american trader has a memory of a few days ... 20 days ! jeez that's ancient times bitch !
Look a trader job's to trade things up for the damn bank he works for. No matter how bad the fondamentals are. What do you expect him to do ? Sell and grow vegtables ? Naaaaah the only think the dumbfuck can do is buy worthless pieces of paper he'll never even see using a bloomberg keyboard !
When things are bad sometimes you have to lie. For your own good of course!
At this point I trust the numbers from China more, which is to say slightly above 0.000
Don't worry, it's just data:
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/01/atus_and_product...
http://www.advisorone.com/2013/01/08/social-securitys-old-forecasting-me...
the casino mgrs
will REVISE the price of sp500 below 1200 within the next 3-6 months....after dead cat bounce will REVISE it to below 1000...on its way below 400..
all those that "dollar cost avg" all these years buying for their "retirement" will get shafted...i don't dollar cost avg..i scale in positions...long.....or short...and wait for move....i place positions, AFTER massive moves and bet AGAINST the move.
ex. 4-2012 shorted spx @ 1400+ (when cbs-mw kate gibson went "FULL RETARD" according to ZH)
6-4-12 spx @ 1275 covered all shorts, went long....another shoe shine boy marc hulbert from cheer-bs mw said: watch out for an avalance of sell-orders on monday = me PANIC COVER SHORTS..
yes i have both links stored in a word file...for future use to make fun of those stupid cheerleaders.
QE3, day after i called the TOP @ 1474...although i started shorting @ 1390-1474..avg price = 1450
covered at 1380-1360....went long at 1354 (bottom 1343)
recently shorted @ spx 1420-1468...avg price = 1435..its now @ 1464.......= get the feeling of like when i was short pre QE3 news at 1450+ and approaching 1474 TOP.
Central Planning at its finest!
What are minus unfilled orders?
That's a great fuckin' question. Let me go get our magic fucking unicorn to see what he says.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/betrayed-by-basel/?smid=tw-...
As I said on the other post, it's all and all and all and all about ORDERLY DELEVERAGING, as Mario Draghi said this morning.
Slip of tongue or on purpose, I don't know.
That's what happened from 2004 till 2007. FED tried to oppose disorderly deleveraging until 2008's baaaaaaam.
It's gonna pop and it's gonna be bad, way worse then 2008.
Rule number 1 of collapses:
A COLLAPSE OCCURS AFTER THE GOV DECLARES THAT IT'S NEVER GOING TO OCCUR SO EVERYBODY IS SUCKERED IN.
Apparently it's just a bunch of stuff.
has anyone else noticed the wild swings in the dollar index lately? Today its getting crushed, but the past few weeks it move +or- .20 points everyday
I feel like I'm freaking Truman Burbank...nothing is real in this economy.
It's going to pop pretty bad.
i know that you drungus, but at some point something is going to break and i've been waiting for so long
I can think of nothing that I trust from our government.
Corruption?
So hard to figure out which government supplied data is accurate.
One has to wonder at what point this will all come crashing down?
I wonder at what point they will bring the tanks out into the streets for our "protection" so that we will keep quiet about the folks behind the curtain...
FED= Fraudulant Economic Data
This should surprise no one....
This chart is evidence in a future criminal investigation. Hang on to it, Tyler.
Barry and Ben are out in full force to push upside anyway they can. Falsifying information (lying) is one of Ben and Barry's key strategies. They will report this as "restating".
It's seen for what it is.
Philly housing index is pushing higher on nothing.
http://bullandbearmash.com/chart/weekly-housing-index-remains-channel-re...
Q4 results coming soon. And even if Ben and Barry get this spun as bullish, Q1-2013 is right around the corner.
Look at the U.S. taking a cue from China, manipulating numbers..
From the bottom to the top, MONEY=POWER and POWER CORRUPTS
(Jaws quote) Amity Town Treasurer Meadows: I'll bury it on the back page with the grocery ads.
Guess the ALGOs don't scan between the grocery ads.